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Soyuz U | Zenit-4MKT 13

Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS) | Russia
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
May 23, 1980, 7:10 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Film-return reconnaissance satellite

Low Earth Orbit
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Kosmos-3M | Parus 24

Russian Space Forces | Russia
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
May 20, 1980, 9:21 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Navigation satellite providing location information for the Tsiklon-B navigation system

Low Earth Orbit
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Soyuz U | Zenit-4MT 18

Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS) | Russia
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
May 15, 1980, 5:35 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Film-return reconnaissance satellite

Low Earth Orbit
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Kosmos-3M | Taifun-1B 2

Russian Space Forces | Russia
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
May 14, 1980, 1 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Passive radar calibration satellite

Low Earth Orbit
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Soyuz U | Zenit-6U 18

Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS) | Russia
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
May 7, 1980, 1 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Optical film-return reconnaissance satellite

Low Earth Orbit
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Soyuz U | Yantar-4K1 2

Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS) | Russia
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
April 29, 1980, 1:30 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Second generation high resolution film-return Yantar reconnaissance satellite

Low Earth Orbit
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Tsiklon-2 | US-A 16

Yuzhnoye Design Bureau | Ukraine
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
April 29, 1980, 11:40 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Active radar satellite for ocean surveillance powered by a nuclear reactor.

Low Earth Orbit
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Soyuz U | Progress 9

Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS) | Russia
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
April 27, 1980, 6:24 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Unknown Mission

There are no mission or payload details available for this launch.

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Atlas F/SVS | Navstar 6

Convair | United States of America
Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
April 26, 1980, 10 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

First generation GPS satellite

Medium Earth Orbit
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Molniya-M | Molniya-3 26L

Russian Space Forces | Russia
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
April 18, 1980, 5:31 p.m.
Status: Launch Failure
Mission:

Molniya communication satellites operating from a highly elliptical orbit

Elliptical Orbit
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